Improvement in churns



- Hf MOTT.

Churn.

- Patented May 8, 1866.

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UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE.

HORAGE`MOTT, OF BELLEVUE, MICHIGAN IMPROVEMENT IN CHURNS.

Specification forming part of Letters Patent No. 54,583, dated May 8,1866.

To all whom 'it may concern:

Be it known that I, HORACE MOTT, of Bellevue,in the county of Eaton andState ot Michigan, have invented certain new and useful Improvements inGhurns; and I do hereby declare that the following is a full, clear, andexact description or" the same, reference being had to the accompanying'drawings and the letters of reference marked thereon.

Figurel is a longitudinal vertical section of the churn. Fig. 2 is aplan view of the churndasher.

In the drawings hereto annexed, and forming a part of thisspecification, A represents the churn-box, which is made ot' wood ormetal, and shaped oblong, as shown in Fig. l. At the bottom of the churnare two rockers, B', which extend from end to end of said churn.

B represents the churn-dasher, which is sta tionary and is placed in thecenterfof the churn A. This dasher is composed ot' four distinct parts,K K and L L Fig. 2. The pieces K K extend horizontally across the churnand are held secure by the brackets c, which are secured to the sides ofthe churn-box A. Each of the gates K K and L L are composed of a seriesof slats or rails, ay and b. The gates L Lrare placed between the gatesKK, and cross each other at their centers, forming an X, as shown inFig. 2.

The dasher B can be extracted from the churn-box A whenever itisnecessary to cleanse it, or for other purposes.

Directly above the top ofthe dasher B is a lid, D, which is providedwith a suitable handle, and is attached to the churnloox by the `hooks gy.

attached ,to which is the handle H, that works the churn to and fro uponits rockers.

rlhe wire E, with handle H, can be taken from the churn by merelywithdrawing the same from the loops in the sides of the churnboX.

The churn-box is also provided with handles C C, stationed at each end,to work the churn upon its rockers, in lieu of the handle H and wire E.

At the bottom of the churn, at one end, is a spout, to run the water ormilk from the churn.

d is a stay to hold the center of the rockers B' more firm to thechurn-box A.

It will be seen by the drawings hereto annexed that the rails composingthe dasher are placed in the sections K and L, so that the edges ot' thesame face the vacuum where the milk is placed to be churned, so that thecream will be more effectually churned to butter.

The working ot' this churn is performed by some person rocking thechurn-box, wherein the milk is placed, by the handle H or by the handlesC (J.

After churning, the dasher can be taken out of the churn-box, as beforedescribed, to wash it, and the buttermilk will run lout of the spout x.

The dasher B can be made of t'our separate sections, or can be attachedso as to form one piece.

Having thus fully described my invention, what I claim as new, anddesire to secure by Letters Patent, is Y The rocking churn-box, thesliding dashergates, and the handles, arranged and used as and for thepurpose specified.

Witnesses: HORACE MOTT.

N. S. BOOTH, ALFRED Morir.

